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Letter I. J. B not to Build —
not to speak to Prices &c

29.th Mar. 1811.

Sir,

A written intimation with which I was favoured, together
with such recollection as I have been able to preserve of what
passed as the Committee in the course of my Examination on
Wednesday last, have suggested to me the propriety of taking this
method of bringing to view some matters of fact, the nature of
which, I am inclined to hope, will, for this day at least, be found
to supersede the demand for my personal attendance.

Whatever be the time which it may occupy in reading
will I trust be found less than what would be requisite to the
committing to paper during the sitting of the Committee
an equal quantity of matter delivered in the shape of vivâ voce
and impromptu statements, together with the questions and the
explanations, that would necessarily arise out of a mode of
communication, so ill adapted to the nature of the case.

1. Question. Can you state the terms on which you
would now undertake the building of a Penitentiary House,
&c —

Answer. What concerns the building I could not now
undertake at my own risk in point of expence on any
terms. The cause of my inability is in brief my
being deprived by death and other incidents of the necessary
assistance.

1. In respect of the details of the construction, I myself having
no professional acquaintance with the subject, and my own
attention being necessarily devoted to other parts of the business, my
dependence was altogether upon my Brother, (General Samuel
Bentham now Commissioner of the Navy,) with whom the general

Identifier: | JB/117/335/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1811-03-29	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	335	Info in main headings field	letter i jb not to build - not to speak to prices &c
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public	letter 2106, vol. 8	ID Number	38952
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